Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office John Williams
speaking at the official opening of the 2004 Congaline festival at Dover
Playing Field said “There have been a number of queries and rumours
with respect to the festival – where it is going and what is likely
to happen. As I said to you, it will continue to change and we will continue
to develop it.

“But
I can assure you one thing, and that is, the festival will live on. What
name it will be given in the future, I really couldn’t say, but
with certainty there will be a festival and the Congaline Festival will
develop and grow,”

Friday night was ‘Reggae Night’ during Congaline 2004 and
there was an impressive lineup of entertainers.

The
young band ‘Tribal
Roots’ opened the proceedings to a small but appreciative audience.

A lissome dancer set the stage for the entrance of…

Dwayne Morgan, the popular Canadian rhythm poet,

who made his well-received presentations to a reggae beat.

Third Stone,
Barbados’ hottest new reggae band, then took the stage to provide
backing for several artistes.

Brimstone gave a strong performance and his great smile is an uplifting
asset to his performance.

a powerhouse performer who definitely gave the capacity crowd good value
for money.

His set was long, he performed all of his hits and the crowd received
him ecstatically.

This year marks the tenth anniversary of the inaugural Congaline Street
Festival. Back in 1994, it was a week-long “mini-Carnival”
with a jump up along the South Coast of the island featuring T-shirt bands,
free concerts on Dover Playing Field each night, calypso releases and
a beauty show among its attractions. That was then. Ten years later, the
“Congaline Street Festival” has evolved into the “Congaline
Music Festival”, a three-day series of concerts on Dover Playing
Field whose profile has become so low that this year rumours were circulating
about its demise. While the music festival idea is not a bad one, the
increasingly low profile has made me wonder whether Congaline has much
longer to live. <
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